China testing plan to turn thousands of outdated tanks into drone warfighters

China testing plan to turn thousands of outdated tanks into drone warfighters

As a part of China’s People’s Liberation Army’s continued modernization efforts, China is now experimenting with converting outdated tank platforms into unmanned combat drones. Footage released to the public last Wednesday on state-owned television shows a Type 59 Chinese tank being maneuvered via remote control, using a steering wheel and dual screened console to manage […]

Putin announces new Mars and Moon missions, offering us a reminder of why we need NASA

Putin announces new Mars and Moon missions, offering us a reminder of why we need NASA

Newly re-elected Russian President Vladimir Putin has announced plans for a series of space missions in the coming years that will place Russia significantly ahead of the United States in terms of space-based capabilities. Putin’s announcements, which were delivered via a Russian language documentary that was shared on social media leading up to last weekend’s […]

US Navy commissions its newest nuclear attack sub: The USS Colorado

US Navy commissions its newest nuclear attack sub: The USS Colorado

The USS Colorado, America’s newest nuclear attack submarine, was commissioned into service in Groton, Connecticut on Saturday. As the fifteenth Virginia Class attack submarine to enter into active service, the Colorado represents the very latest in submersible combat technology leveraged by the United States Navy. The Colorado itself, in fact, was touted at its launch […]

Defense official: President Trump moving forward with plans for a Space Force

Defense official: President Trump moving forward with plans for a Space Force

In statements given before a group of Marines and journalists at Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, in San Diego, last week, President Trump announced that he believed the nation may need to establish a space-specific branch of the military in order to best defend America’s assets in orbit. While the concept has been brought up […]

President Trump renews calls for a Space Force branch of the military

President Trump renews calls for a Space Force branch of the military

Appearing before a crowd at Marine Corps Air Station Miramar in San Diego, President Donald Trump reignited a seemingly dead call for a dedicated space-based branch of the military. Space is a war-fighting domain, just like the land, air, and sea,” Trump said. “We may even have a Space Force, develop another one, Space Force. […]

China’s military is developing its own answer to America’s X-37 drone shuttle

China’s military is developing its own answer to America’s X-37 drone shuttle

According to a news report released in state owned media last week, China is moving forward with development of their own “space plane,” similar to the secretive U.S. Air Force X-37B platform in function, though very different in delivery. America’s X-37B, which looks quite a bit like a miniature space shuttle, has been in service […]

PR Warfare: Kim’s plan to relinquish nukes could be a blow to US foreign policy

PR Warfare: Kim’s plan to relinquish nukes could be a blow to US foreign policy

The world watched with bated breath as North Korea’s delegation attended the 2018 Winter Olympics in South Korea, hoping that the seemingly innocuous olive branch extended by the divided Koreas might somehow lead to averting the war that’s been looming over their peninsula for months. Kim Jong Un’s aggressive pursuit of nuclear weapons and increasingly […]

Out of control Chinese space station expected to reenter earth’s atmosphere within weeks

Out of control Chinese space station expected to reenter earth’s atmosphere within weeks

China’s first experimental space station, the Tiangong-1,was launched in 2011 as a test bed for manned orbital operations and advanced docking and rendezvous procedures. The 34 foot long, nearly 20,000 pound space station performed well, according to reports in the Chinese media, until March of 2016, when it was announced that China had lost contact […]

General Dynamics considers pulling out of Iraq

General Dynamics considers pulling out of Iraq

As Iraq has received a large order of Russian T-90 main battle tanks, General Dynamics has begun to question the use of the fleet of M1 Abrams that were provided prior to this. Nine of the M1 Abrams have landed in Shiite Militia hands, specifically the hands of the Iranian linked and Iraqi government supported […]